Just un…

I’m not sure what happened. I am usually on top of my game, house tidy, everything done that needs to be done. But this summer… I am just “un”. Unorganized and unmotivated. Is it the unsummer-like weather we have had this August? Is it my advancing age? Am I just lazy?

Case in point. Austin is having a few friends over for an early birthday party tonight. I have done minimal to prepare. Sure, I have most of the dinner fixings (tacos), and I have chips for the movie, but I don’t have cake/cupcakes and I haven’t made arrangements to get any. I haven’t figured out when Ben and Connor are going to my aunt’s so they are out of the way. My OCD is on vacation.

And it’s not just me. I see Jeff the same way. The honey-do list is supposed to shrink over the summer, and instead it keeps getting longer.

I need to get back with the program. School starts in a few weeks and I will have no time for this un business. There will be homework and lunches and a whole middle school routine to learn. I need to get it in gear…. but not today. Today is Friday, we have two more weeks of summer vacation. I’ll try and embrace the un for a little longer.

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Jen, Find your OCD Stat! Speaking from experience, once it begins to wane, it begins to gallop and then you can lost in an abyss of clutter, school papers and dirty laundry!!! Make a list, check the items off as they are done with a firm hand and take deep breaths as you do so and there will still be time before you find yourself totally asea and drifting. I can speak from experience!!

It’s not too late yet! Call Quigley’s Cakes (396-7889) and see if they can make a birthday cake/cupcakes for you for tonight. They’re located at the Chocolate Gecko on Colvin Avenue in Albany.

Honestly, I have to run through Latham, so I’ll probably stop at Bella Napoli. I’ll keep that phone number though for future reference. Of course, if my oven worked, I could just make my own! But that’s another problem. ~~Jen

Jen, I’ve been the same way. And I see it happening, yet I don’t do anything to stop it! Really, I think it’s less about being a slacker than it is taking it easy on myself for a change. I know I can be Alpha-Mom all day long, but lately I’ve been asking myself why I feel I need to do that. I’m sure I’ll get back on the ball when school starts, but I think I’ll enjoy another week OCD-free. It feels good!

Ooops. Guess I am “un” as well. I see this was last friday…… For future reference, ShopRite makes great cupcakes!

LOL, that’s ok. I had sent my uncle to Bella Napoli and they had no traditional cupcakes, only Hello Kitty. I was VERY sad. I am a huge Bella Napoli fan (note to Dom, stop competeing with Betty’s, Fluffalicious and Coocadotts and go back to who you are. BN is awesome as it is!! No need for frou-frou cupcakes!!). So we went to Shop Rite. Despite living like a mile from Shop Rite, not sure I have ever been back to their bakery department. I was pleasantly surprised with all the options! The chocolate mousse cake was YUMMY! ~~Jen

I am happy it worked out for you. I have been known to purchase the SHopRite “break and bake” cookie dough. It is found in the back in the bakery section., $2.99 makes 24 cookies I think.
I bake those up in a flash and I can honesly tell others I baked them myself – that they were “home baked” cookies.
I have actually started contributing to bake sales again……